Performances: Bushara and NPC guy
Bushara had considered talking to Alicia about doing something together, but to be perfectly honest after the events in Virginia with Adrian, Bushara was a little afraid that Alicia would also want to try to define their relationship in a specific way. She wasn't really sure she was ready to be tied down to someone like that especially while there was so much work to do with getting her ring back. She needed her focus to be on that, and she also needed the freedom that not being labeled as a person in a relationship provided. Perhaps some day she would change her mind, but for now that was what she wished.
This being the case, she wound up having to pick one of the guys in class, and unfortunately her preferred dance partner had already been snagged by Victoria. It was unfortunate but she would still do what she could to amaze everyone no matter who her partner was. All of the guys in the class were good enough so long as they put forth the effort, and so she worked their routine out and felt confident that it would merit applause at the very least. She even managed to work in some backup dancers using her power over shadows, but that took a great deal of time to figure out how to do while still dancing. As for the music, she may be mocked for it later, but she thought it was a good song despite who the singer is.
She went on stage with a mind that was focused and an attitude that she would have fun and nail this even with the ending needing a great deal of concentration to manipulate the dancing shadows near the end. Though she nearly fainted from exhaustion as she bowed, she didn't. She made it off stage before her partner had to help her collapse into a chair where she proceeded to take her natural form and rest.